Hawaii faces rise in COVID-19 cases
Four weeks ago, Hawaii reported a total of 1,688 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic and was reporting an average of 45 new cases a day, according to an NBC News analysis.
The death toll in the United States climbed to more than 180,000 Wednesday, and the number of confirmed cases was fast approaching 6 million, according to the latest NBC News figures. Both are world-leading numbers. They have also booked an entire hotel Friday"with hundreds of rooms" where people who test positive or have been in contact with people who've tested positive will be quarantined away from their families and friends, Caldwell said.
Jessica Yamauchi, who heads the nonprofit Hawaii Public Health Institute, applauded the governor's move, noting that her state has an alarming 9.3 percent positivity rate. By comparison, New York state — once the country's hot spot — has had a positivity rate of less than 1 percent for 19 straight days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported Wednesday.
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